What was the most important event in the book The Tiger Rising?

Answer 1

Rob Horton is 12 years old and lives with his father in a rundown Florida motel (Kentucky Star). The father and son have recently moved to Lister, Florida, after the death of Rob's mother. In the woods near the motel Rob discovers a live tiger in a cage. On the same day he discovers the tiger Rob meets Sistine Bailey a new girl in school with an angry temper. Rob, having an unnamed skin condition, is asked by the principal to stay home from school until his rash clears up. Rob's rash is a visible display of his emotional denial as he packs away his difficult feelings in an imaginary suitcase. Rob sees his exile from school as a reprieve, for he is bullied constantly by the other kids at his middle school. Sistine visits Rob daily saying she is bring him homework. Rob is given the duty of feeding the tiger by the unscrupulous motel manager, Beauchamp.With the assistance of Rob, Sistine plots and attempts to set the tiger free. The act of setting the tiger free, frees Rob to let go of the painful emotions related to his mother's death that he has suppressed Yup..